Nationalism

EXPLORE FULL CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK TO LEARN MORE, BELOW SHOWS THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH CHAPTER:
Chapter 1: Glow Like Moon (What Does It Mean For You To Glow Like Moon)
Chapter 2: The Lady With Focus (What The lady with focus can offer to help you glow like Moon)
Chapter 3: Inner Healing (Before you begin to live towards your aspirations, you must first be in a good relationship with yourself by aligning with your inner-mind)
Chapter 4: Spirituality (After you align with yourself, you must strive to be in good terms with God, unless your enemies will never allow you to succeed in your aspirations)
Chapter 5: Network, Connect & Relate (If God is on your side and Man is not there to help, how will you then succeed? You must connect with people you meet to succeed)
Chapter 6: Power To Succeed (Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve; this is the Supreme Secret. You have the power to succeed and you must be positive about this fact)
Chapter 7: Peace of Mind (“You mustn’t be rich or have connection to be great”. Wealth without inner peaceful mind is simply empty, keep calm and let your mind always be at peace because greatness does not come without peace of mind).

Human beings are described as being very religious and the people of Nigeria are very much inclusive and prominent in this designation and description. In fact the result of a recent survey by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on what the world thinks about God shows an astonishing result about Nigeria. It shows that out of ten nations where the survey was conducted, which included such countries as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Israel, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico and Lebanon, Nigeria came tops with 90% of the population believing in God, praying regularly and affirming their readiness to die on behalf of their belief. Thus, Nigeria was declared as the most “Religious country in the world” (forum.civfanatics.com/threads/what-the-world-thinks-of-god-according –to-the-bbc).

Nigerian governments from the colonial to post colonial eras have variously attempted to hold labour aloof from partisan politics through constitutional restrictions. Governments the world over have increasingly recognized the central position of labour in the execution of their programmes.

The two key terms in the title of this paper which require definition are “Christian Religious Leaders” and “development. In this paper, the term “Christian Religious Leaders” shall refer to all those who find themselves in leadership positions in Churches and Church-related groups, such as General Overseers, Pastors, Arch-Bishops, Bishops, Evangelists, Apostles, Deacons, Elders, etc.

Human beings are described as being very religious and the people of Nigeria are very much inclusive and prominent in this designation and description. In fact the result of a recent survey by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on what the world thinks about God shows an astonishing result about Nigeria. It shows that out of ten nations where the survey was conducted, which included such countries as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Israel, India, South Korea, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico and Lebanon, Nigeria came tops with 90% of the population believing in God, praying regularly and affirming their readiness to die on behalf of their belief. Thus, Nigeria was declared as the most “Religious country in the world” (forum.civfanatics.com/threads/what-the-world-thinks-of-god-according –to-the-bbc). This shows that religion is a very big issue in Nigeria.

For three years now, 2011 -2014, Christians in the northern part of Nigeria have experienced and are still experiencing one form of attack or the other on their lives and churches by an insurgent group called the Boko haram. Although attacks by the Boko haram sect cannot be said to be exclusively and entirely targeted at Christians alone, however, the numerical frequency and the consistency in bombing and attacks of Christian churches especially in 2011 - 2012, as well as the message of the Boko haram leader Abubakar Shekau that the group want to establish full Islamic shariah law in the region calls for concern especially among Christians about the real motive of the group.

Proliferation of Churches describes the multiplicity of Christian denominations. It is a feature most notable in Nigerian Christianity. With the close of the earliest Catholic Missionary work (1450-1750), described by some scholars as a failure, the environment was set for modern missionary activities. By the end of the 19th century only six foreign missionary establishments were fully functional in Nigeria.

Religious pluralism occurs where more than one religion practice their beliefs at a time. It showcases varied beliefs and practices of religious groups that co-exist in a given geographical location. There is no doubt that Nigeria is a pluralistic society that has more than one religious group. This paper examined the impact of religious pluralism on the growth of Nigeria which will shed more light on the role played by these religions to the growth and development of Nigeria.